reconnaissancenoun [ U ]
uk/rɪˈkɒn.ɪ.səns/us/rɪˈkɑː.nə.səns/specialized UK informal recce, US informal reconthe process of getting information about enemy forces or positions by sending out small groups of soldiers or by using aircraft, etc.:
Aerial reconnaissance of the enemy position showed they were ready to attack.
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The armed forces generally
- AWOL
- camouflage
- challenge
- civilian
- deploy
- French Foreign Legion
- march
- martial
- military
- mission
- mod
- psych ops
- quick march! idiom
- recce
- regular
- sealed orders
- soldiering
- the armed forces
- the military-industrial complex
- the National Guard
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